"You know, I think I've heard that before," Jerry says wit a slight laugh and a crooked grin, shaking his head a little. "Not that we spend a lot of time talking about Jersey out west, but, you know." It's a place where everyone's got a story, nearly the entire goddamned city full of people who came from somewhere else, himself included. In that regard, it's the opposite of Darrow — here, it's more difficult to find someone else who's been transported in the sea of natives. Having done so now is somewhat refreshing, even more so for having come from close to the same time.